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Nobel Prize Day 2023: Who was Alfred Nobel, creator of the prize? Life, inventions and legacy

The Nobel Prize recognises those who have gone above and beyond in their achievements. But what do we know of the man who created the award?

Evening Standard

Physicists debunk 4 myths about quantum theory — including one that stumped Einstein

When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for research shedding light on quantum mechanics, it sparked excitement and discussion.

Inverse

‘Iran's government has committed unpardonable acts,’ says Shirin Ebadi

In her first interview since the start of this year's uprising in Iran, lawyer Shirin Ebadi talks to FRANCE 24 about the Iranian people's desire for democracy. Ebadi was Iran's first female judge before losing her right to practice in 1979 amid the creation of the Islamic Republic. She has…

France 24

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For East Timor president, ASEAN membership a lifelong dream

It was as a budding diplomat in the 1970s that Jose Ramos-Horta, a man who would go on to win the Nobel prize for his fight for East Timor's independence, first raised the idea of his country joining Southeast Asia's economic and political bloc.

Reuters

Mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin crowns great year for French science

Hugo Duminil-Copin became the latest mathematics professor from the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) to win the prestigious Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematicians.

Radio France Internationale

Four common misconceptions about quantum physics

Quantum mechanics, the theory which rules the microworld of atoms and particles, certainly has the X factor. Unlike many other areas of physics, it is bizarre and counter-intuitive, which makes it dazzling and intriguing. When the 2022 Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton…

The Conversation

Burglars steal more gold when the price is high – new research

Are criminals rational? In his groundbreaking work of 1968, Gary Becker argued that they are. The American economist, who would go on to win the Nobel prize in economics in 1992, theorised that individuals engage in crime only if the returns are greater than the returns from engaging in legal…

The Conversation

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Nobel winners call attention to Egypt political prisoners

A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have urged world leaders to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the COP27 climate change conference

The Independent UK

British-Egyptian hunger striker may die in prison, Nobel laureates warn world leaders attending Cop27

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been on hunger strike for six months and will refuse water from 6 November, the first day of the climate summit

The Guardian - AU

Tangled future of quantum computing explained by French Nobel winner

French physicist Alain Aspect was one of those awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics. The 75-year-old shares the honour with John Clauser and Anton Zellinger for pioneering work on quantum entanglement.

Radio France Internationale

Iran also barred from Nobel ceremony, after Russia, Belarus

The ambassador of Iran has been excluded from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of “the serious and escalating situation” in the country

The Independent UK

Russia, Belarus ambassadors barred from Nobel ceremony

The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus have been barred from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Far-right Sweden Democrats not welcome at Nobel banquet - foundation

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which became the country's second biggest party in last month's election, are not welcome at the Nobel banquet, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Louis Pasteur's work still saves lives

Someone perhaps most deserving of a Nobel Prize for his work in virology never got it. Who was Louis Pasteur?

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Curfews, quarantine, fake news, insurrection: Orhan Pamuk's Nights of Plague feels eerily prescient

Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk spent five years working on Nights of Plague, well before the onset of the current pandemic. Perhaps he foresaw history repeating itself; the political fallout from the outbreak of the bubonic plague on his make-believe island of Mingheria in 1901 resonates eerily with our world…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FII 6th Edition Kicks off on Oct. 25, to Discuss ‘Enabling a New Global Order’

The sixth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference will be held in Riyadh on Oct. 25-27, under the slogan “Investing in Humanity - Enabling a New World Order”. Over 6,000 CEOs, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, Nobel Prize laureates and young leaders from across the globe are expected to attend…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Given today’s gut-wrenching markets, a Nobel Prize for studying fear makes sense

A trio of U.S. economists, including the University of Chicago’s Douglas Diamond, has won a Nobel Prize for explaining the causes of bank runs and other financial crises. Their research sheds light on the economic effects of fear.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 15 October 2022

On Monday the Sveriges Riksbank prize (the Nobel Prize for Economics) was awarded to Ben Bernanke. We can trace the last century of American economics in his life's work. He's often described as the saviour of the last recession. But what about this one?

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The Week in Detail: Taxes, kauri, and Peter Ellis

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

France 24

Frustration mounts as French drivers continue to face fuel shortages

Shortages at fuel stations due to a refinery workers’ strike continue to impact drivers across France, resulting in long queues. TotalEnergies, which runs about a third of the country's service stations, has offered to advance pay talks but unions remain firm in their strike action. Plus, former Fed chairman Ben…

Evening Standard

Who is Ben Bernanke? Economist honoured with a Nobel Prize for work on Great Depression

The 68-year-old shared the prize with two fellow economists

The Conversation

Nobel economics prize: insights into financial contagion changed how central banks react during a crisis

This year’s Nobel prize in economics, known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, has gone to Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke for their work on banks and how they relate to financial crises.

Reason

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Bernanke shares economics Nobel Prize for crisis research

Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke and two U.S.-based colleagues won the 2022 Nobel Prize in economics for their research into banking and financial crises.

WEKU

Ben Bernanke among 3 American winners of Nobel Prize in economics

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and two academic economists — Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig — share this year's Nobel Prize in economics for their work on bank runs.

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